Campus Community

Q. Where can I find information about the Davis community and off-campus living?

UC Davis – City of Davis: https://www.ucdavis.edu/campus-life/city-davis/
A UC Davis run site, dedicated to providing information for students new to the city of Davis.
Aggie Compass: https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu/housing-security
General information about housing resources in the Davis area, including emergency shelter, transitional housing, housing listings, free legal services, and housing organizations. For general information about basic needs resources, link to the Aggie Compass home page here: https://aggiecompass.ucdavis.edu
ASUCD Community Housing Listing: https://chl.ucdavis.edu
Information on off-campus housing listings. This service is offered to UC Davis students and other Davis community members through The Associated Students, UC Davis (ASUCD).

Q. Where can I find more information about family support resources like childcare?

Worklife & Wellness – UC Davis: http://worklife-wellness.ucdavis.edu/family_care/children/childcaresub.html
UC Davis Student Parent Child Care Funding Program – this site provides information about and access to the application For Community Based Care Grant (CBCG). General information on family care and child care resources can be found here: https://hr.ucdavis.edu/departments/worklife-wellness/family-care

Q. How do students get to campus?

UC Davis TAPS: http://taps.ucdavis.edu/
For the many students who commute to campus by car, Transportation Services sells parking permits and provides parking lot maps. They also offer services for cyclists, including bicycle education programs and tours of bike paths on campus.
Amtrak: https://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=am/am2Station/Station_Page&code=DAV
Located at 840 Second Street, Amtrak is a great option for travel to Oakland, Richmond, Downtown Sacramento and beyond.
UniTrans – City of Davis: http://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/
Unitrans provides public transportation service to the entire city of Davis with 48 buses on 18 routes, carrying over 4 million passengers/year (over 22,000 on a typical day). Buses run every weekday from 7am-11pm, and the weekend from 9am-6pm. Anyone can ride Unitrans for $1.25 one-way fare, and many types of prepaid discounted tickets and passes are available. UCD Undergraduate students, who can show a valid undergrad ID in lieu of a cash fare, have unlimited access because they pay a portion of their quarterly ASUCD fee to Unitrans. Information on services for customers with disabilities is here: https://unitrans.ucdavis.edu/about/americans-with-disabilities-act-ada-information/
Yolobus: http://www.yolobus.com
Find bus routes, search schedules, and purchase tickets for the Yolobus system. Services are available from/to Davis and other Yolo County locations and downtown Sacramento: http://www.yolobus.com/routes/index.php

Q. What are popular lunch spots?

UC Davis ASUCD Coffee House: https://coffeehouse.ucdavis.edu/
The Coffee House offers a number of options for food on campus, including pizza, Tex-Mex, sandwiches, bagels, and a daily-rotating selection of dishes from the Cooks Line.
City of Davis: http://cityofdavis.org/
This site is dedicated to providing information for Davis residents and visitors with information about Davis.

Q. What does the UC Davis student population look like?

UC Davis Student Population Statistics: https://www.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/upload/files/uc-davis-student-profile.pdf
See a breakdown of who attends UC Davis, student success rates, and more.
UC Davis – City of Davis: https://www.ucdavis.edu/campus-life/city-davis/
A UC Davis-run site, dedicated to providing information for students new to the city of Davis.

Q. Where can I find other students like me?

Find your community with this user-friendly map of campus community resources: https://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/student-life/communities/identity
Communities and Clubs at UC Davis: https://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/student-life and https://www.ucdavis.edu/campus-life/clubs-organizations/
Learn about the many campus communities and clubs at UC Davis.
Student Community Center: http://studentaffairs.ucdavis.edu/students/scc/
The Student Community Center supports all students and iis home to dynamic student life centers and academic services at UC Davis including: AB540 and Undocumented Student Center; Cross Cultural Center; LGBTQIA Resource Center; Student Recruitment and Retention Center (SRRC); Undergraduate Research Center; Women’s Resources and Research Center
Office of Educational Opportunity and Enrichment Services (OEOES): https://opportunity.ucdavis.edu/about
Connect with other students through the many OEOES programs, including Transfer and Veterans Services, the Guardian Scholars Program, the Educational Opportunity Program, First Year Aggie Connections, MURALS (Mentorship in Undergraduate Research in Agriculture and Letters and Science), and the Trio Scholars Program.
UC Davis – City of Davis: https://www.ucdavis.edu/campus-life/city-davis/
A UC Davis-run site dedicated to providing information for students new to the city of Davis.

Q. What else is there to do in Davis?

City of Davis: http://cityofdavis.org/
This site is dedicated to providing information for Davis residents and visitors with information about Davis.